Ebook {Epub PDF} Left and Right: The Significance of a Political Distinction by Norberto Bobbio

Bobbio argues that left and right are not absolute terms, but represent a shifting map of the political spectrum, relative to the particular cultural and historical contexts of a given time. The distinction continues to endure because it reflects the essentially antithetical nature and dynamics of Cited by: Left and Right: The Significance of a Political Distinction. Left and Right.: Norberto Bobbio. University of Chicago Press, - Political Science - pages. 0 Reviews. Politicians and pundits Author: Norberto Bobbio. With this in mind, Bobbio starts his analysis by studying the political spectrum implications in society. He points out that the main distinction between left and right are related mainly to the notions of equality and inequality. He also explains why the extreme versions of both are more likely to come together as it happened during World War /5(9).

↑Bobbio, Norberto and Allan Cameron,Left and Right: The Significance of a Political Distinction. University of Chicago Press, , p. 51, ISBN Left and Right The Significance of a Political Distinction Norberto Bobbio Translated and Introduced by Allan Cameron The University of Chicago Press. NORBERTO BOBBIO is Emeritus Professor of Legal and Political Philosophy at the. Read "Left and Right The Significance of a Political Distinction" by Norberto Bobbio available from Rakuten Kobo. Following the collapse of communism and the decline of Marxism, some commentators have claimed that we have reached the.

Following the collapse of communism and the decline of Marxism, some commentators have claimed that. Left and right do not represent two sets of fixed ideas, but rather an axis which shifts considerably from one generation to the next. All words change their meaning slightly over time, but while socialism, for instance, is anchored to some form of common ownership, the left/right distinction existed before socialism became a major force in. Bobbio argues that left and right are not absolute terms, but represent a shifting map of the political spectrum, relative to the particular cultural and historical contexts of a given time. The distinction continues to endure because it reflects the essentially antithetical nature and dynamics of democratic politics.